Ida (novel)

Ida is a 2017 young adult novel by Alison Evans. Set in the Dandenong Ranges,^[1] it tells the story of Ida Wagner, a young person who begins to encounter her own dopplegangers and realises she can both travel through short increments of time and also shift between parallel universes at will. Many of the novel's characters are transgender,^[2] including Daisy who is genderqueer and Frank who is transmasculine.^[3][4]

Ida

Author	Alison Evans
Language	English
Genre	Young adult fiction, Science fiction
Publisher	Echo Publishing
Publication date	2017
Publication place	Australia
Awards	Victorian Premier's Literary Award
ISBN	9781760404383

The book was inspired by a "Sliding Doors incident" in which Evans left the house for a party, but then returned home to change clothes and as a result narrowly missed out on a traffic accident.^[5]

Ida won the 2018 Victorian Premier's Literary Award in the People's Choice category.^[6][7]

References

1. Meidlinger-Chin, Vernon (9 November 2017). "Review and Interview: Alison Evans on Science Fiction and Gender Identity in "Ida"". So to Speak Journal. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
2. Kerr, Jordi (10 January 2017). "Ida (Alison Evans, Echo Publishing)". Books + Publishing. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
3. Evans, Alison (28 February 2017). "My gender didn't exist in fiction when I was growing up – so I wrote myself into existence". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
4. Woodhead, Cameron (30 January 2017). "Ida review: Alison Evans' YA fiction with a message of tolerance and diversity". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
5. "Alison Evans discusses their new book, "Ida"". Australian Writers Centre. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
6. Harmon, Steph (1 February 2018). "Sarah Krasnostein wins $125,000 at Australia's richest literary prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
7. Steger, Jason (1 February 2018). "No trauma as Sarah Krasnostein wins $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2024.